One problem I see with your ideas is that some of the nations you talk about simply aren't well known. Thus, people are less likely to want to read about them and they would require a great deal of exposition.
Eric Flint's 1632 series is pretty good stuff. But it can't escape needing to spend a lot of pages explaining just what was going on in Europe in the early 17th century.
Though to his credit Flint does much better in his books about an AU War of 1812.
Second, the CSA winning isn't as out there as you make it out to be. Lincoln had to cut a deal on slavery with Maryland just to keep DC from being surrounded by the CSA from the start. And I do recall once seeing a book where the UK allied with the CSA and the Union found itself in deep trouble PDQ.
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Date: 29/11/10 21:11 (UTC)Eric Flint's 1632 series is pretty good stuff. But it can't escape needing to spend a lot of pages explaining just what was going on in Europe in the early 17th century.
Though to his credit Flint does much better in his books about an AU War of 1812.
Second, the CSA winning isn't as out there as you make it out to be. Lincoln had to cut a deal on slavery with Maryland just to keep DC from being surrounded by the CSA from the start. And I do recall once seeing a book where the UK allied with the CSA and the Union found itself in deep trouble PDQ.